It's not just sipping fruit shakes at the seaside without filing a leave from work.

What freedom represents is our ability to create, to make a contribution, and to think independently regardless of what other people (especially our bosses) say. It represents our ability to make a choice.

We easily trade our freedom because we fail to understand its true value. But now that we know what freedom truly represents, it becomes more difficult to simply trade it away for a paycheck or exchange it for a false sense of security.